The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-10
AUGUST AS PLEASANT AS MAY.
A Cool and Dustless Trip by Rail-The
Test Run Of a Sleeper.

a COOL ana DuStleSS Trip by Rall-Ihe
Test Run of a Sleeper.
The Central railroad has under considera-
tion the substitution of standard sleeping
cars in the place of those that have been in
use on its lines for a number of years past,
and TO make practical personal test of the
merits of the cars of the several sleeping car
companies, General Manager Belknap pro-
poses to try them on the road. Yesterday
morning the Mann Boudoir car al Barbiere"
which has been in use for several years on the
route between Cincinnati and New Orleans,
was run from the depot to Halcyondale,
with party on board consisting of Col. w.
d. Mann, President of the Mann Boudoir
Car Company; General Manager Belknap,
Supt. Hege, and Directors A. Vetsburg and
J. X. Garnett, of the Central; Col. j, II.
Estll of the MORNING NEWS, and Mr.. Wei
don of Epening Times.
The "Mann" car, as those who have
travelled in them know, is divided into
single and double compartments or state
rooms, the berths being placed at right
angle with the length of the car. The
III Barbieren is handsomely fitted up with
all the conveniences which are necessary to
make travelling not only comfortable, but
luxurious A special feature of the car,
however, is its thorough ventilation and its
is obtained by a system of artificial
ventilation. The ventilating apparatus
consists of an external bonnet presented in
each direction, with internal hinged deflec-
tors so attached as to gather air
whichever way the car is running,
carrying the air down into
an apartment, filled with ice, in the end of
the ear where the heating furnace is kept.
Adjoining that is az closet containing II
shallow tank of water and filter made of
a body of excelsior" fine wood shavings,
in box of wire netting, the fibre being
kept wet by water dripping from an ice
crate. The air after passing through the
filter is carried through the apartment filed
with ice, and then distributed through a
longitudinal fue, extending along the base
of the wall on one side of the car. In this
flue are small openings, through which the
cold air is admitted into the car.
A scientific test made of this system of
ventilation showed that 579 cubic feet of
air per minute was supplied to the car. The
vtiated air is discharged by exhaust outlets
in the roof. Though the day was hot and
all the windows and doors closed and a ma
iority of the party smoking thethermometer
registered ~, and the atmosphere was
fresh and comfortable during the entire
| trip, the foul air and tobacco smoke being
carried off rapidly by the exhaust
outlets, A similar process for heating
and ventilating the car is used in
the winter, except that in place Of the closet
being filled with ice, the heater is filled with
coal fire. The experiment of how the APP
paratus would operate in the winter was
not tested yesterday, the excursionists tax
ing Col Mann's word for it.
The trip was very enjoyable one. The
absence Of heat and dust, and the smooth
track of the Central, and the easy riding car,
made il appear asthough il was a pleasant
| May day trip. The party returned to the
Savannah depot about $50 p. m, satisfied
that there is such thing Us comfortable
! travelling in hot weather.